Archive for Archive for September, 2007

Part Two: An Un-Biblical Revolution?

Before we discuss the text of the Constitution, the intent behind the text, and the testimony of the Founders themselves upon whether or not our nation was a Christian one, we must understand why our government began in the first place. Any ordinary schoolchild can tell you (with today’s public indoctrination camps, let me say [...]

Posted by: Hercules Mulligan on Thursday, September 27th, 2007

What Do You Think, Mr. Webster?

What would Daniel Webster he were think about the War on “Terror”? I don’t think he’d approve of it. Not because he was ashamed of being an American, or because he liked Muslims, but because he was determined to preserve the Constitution. In fact, so well known was his stance, that he earned the title [...]

Posted by: Hercules Mulligan on Thursday, September 27th, 2007

“Be It Resolved …”

… that a new flag be created for the State of New York, viz.: “The golden dollar signs indicate the sanctity and value of the Almighty Dollar (a term coined by New-Yorker Washington Irving), which the almighty state legislature hath, by enactment hereof, deified. The Latin motto beneath the dollar signs, which reads “Vectigalis Excelsior” [...]

Posted by: Hercules Mulligan on Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

Homeschooling: The Most Effective Way to Change this Nation

Especially around the time of elections, we hear much about the need for Christians to vote. While it is true that Christians take their civil responsibility and vote, voting is not our ONLY civil responsibility. I think that over the past several years, we in the so-called “religious right” have put far too much emphasis [...]

Posted by: Hercules Mulligan on Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

Part Two: An Un-Biblical Revolution?

Before we discuss the text of the Constitution, the intent behind the text, and the testimony of the Founders themselves upon whether or not our nation was a Christian one, we must understand why our government began in the first place. Any ordinary schoolchild can tell you (with today’s public indoctrination camps, let me say [...]

Posted by: Hercules Mulligan on Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

UPDATE

UPDATE: Soon I will be closing down my old blog Heritage Weekly, which has run dormant. I will be pasting the worth-while posts on this blog soon, but I have found very little use for writing on a separate blog on issues that I could write about here. I will also be saving several of [...]

Posted by: Hercules Mulligan on Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

The First Prayer in the United States Congress

The first prayer in Congress was offered in the early days of the First Continental Congress, on September 7, 1774, after this body had heard that the British had laid laid siege to the town of Boston Massachusetts to repay the “rebels” for the Boston Tea Party. Below are presented excerpts from the Journals of [...]

Posted by: Hercules Mulligan on Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

A Day to Remember

Judy Aron at Consent of the Governed posted a nice memorial to the victims of the 9/11 attacks. President Bush was was right in a way when he said that freedom was attacked on that day — the freedoms of all Americans have been continually subjected to the tyranny of our own governments, and our [...]

Posted by: Hercules Mulligan on Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION

Fellow-patriots, new readers, loyal readers, and readers who disagree with my theme: The handy-dandy resource which Hercules Mulligan has proudly presented to the public, The Founders’ Bookshelf, has been relocated. It now has a blog of its own, to which I will add posts (from time to time, this will not be updated frequently) on [...]

Posted by: Hercules Mulligan on Monday, September 10th, 2007